New to Group; New to us, older 'bird.

[Henry Jay Hannigan]

--- Bruce:
You are the owner of a "bulletproof" bird; well built and solid.
I know because I owned a 77FC33 and an 80FC31......those are great
years!
Good luck in your new adventure...plenty of help on this Forum..nice
people too......
Regards,
Hank & Naty
90 SP36















In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mccoyb24" <mccoyb24@...> wrote:
>
> Hello Group!
>
> My name is Bruce McCoy. My partner in the new to us bird is Tom
> Meehan. We are kind of accidental newbies to the Wanderlodge
> experience. Tom saw his first Wanderlodge about three years ago in
a
> campground north of Chicago. He has been intrigued by them ever
since
> but never really thought about buying one. I already have a
> motorhome. It's a '95 Safari Trek. Before I bought that one in '03,
I
> never thought I would be buying it. I was working on it for an
estate
> sale.
>
> About a week ago, we saw a listing on Craigslist for a '79
> Wanderlodge. It looked a little rough but with a little TLC and a
few
> bucks and a bit of sweat equity, we felt that it could be brought
> back up to very good shape. We put a deposit down on it this past
> weekend and will pick it up sometime next week. It will be awhile
> before it's much to look at. That's not my highest priority.
>
> I will be doing most of the systems repair and troubleshooting on
> this rig so I felt that since I will probably have the most
> questions, I should open my own discussion board account. I will
have
> Tom open up one as well if he opts to do so.
>
> It will take me some time to figure out how Yahoo! Groups works. I
> want to sift through some of the older posts and see how things
work
> around here. That also gives me a chance to see who the regulars
are.
> In time, I hope to be able to contribute as well. There will be a
> learning curve that I will be going through with this rig. I'm
> looking forward to the challenge.
>
> I still have to learn which model number we have but I can tell you
> that it is a '79 33 footer and has been re-engined with a CAT 3208
> turbo. There's just over 90,000 miles on the chassis and the motor
> swap was done simply because a previous owner (we bought it from
the
> second owner) wanted a turbo. The tires are just over a year old.
So
> when looking at an older coach, having to worry about the condition
> of the engine, drive train and tires is not as bad an issue with
this
> one. It does need a new refrigerator and two of three Suburban
forced
> air furnaces need to be overhauled. The interior is fairly original
> and in need of cleaning. We don't plan on gutting it. In fact,
> there's something to be said about keeping these things as original
> as possible. I kind of like the aircraft style stowbins!
>
> Anyway, I'll be seeing you guys around the board. I'll have much
more
> to post when I actually get my hands on this thing. In the mean
> time, I have lots of reading to do.
>
> Bruce McCoy
> '79 33' FC
>